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Tenganan Pegringsingan: The Bali Living Ancient Village Through Centuries

our overseas students, the staff members, and  Tenganan Village   women Tenganan Pegringsingan Village. 2018. From the most sacred things to not talk about until the most profane stuffs to be paraded and entertain tourists; from the coastlines until the depth there in the forests, hills, and mountains;   from the darkest colors ever exist until the brightest colors you ever notice; from the visible world until invisible world; from the lowest layer of the universe known as hell until the highest one named as heaven; from the underworld creatures, mankind, Gods and Goddesses, until the supreme force; from the evilness, goodness until balance; It is never done talking about a culture and thousands of its uniqueness – preserved and maintained until today in the island of Gods named as Bali by the people known as Hindu – Balinese. Bali has a lot of legends and myths which have a bunch of values if we relate it to the life philosophy. In order to find balance in the life, Bali

Catur Asrama - Four Stages of Life of Balinese Hindus

a group picture of the new couples and the groom's colleagues Today, a friend as well a colleague of mine at the office officially opens the second chapter of his life. From now on, his house will be filled out with some girly stuffs of a woman – not his mom, not his sisters. Yes! He gets married. Congratulation, Bli Agus Suryantara! Wishing you two all the best and many more awesome things coming to your life! And soon they will have that cute little creature, named as Wayan or Putu . And maybe some other will follow. Then they’ll have Made or Kadek , Nyoman or Komang , and perhaps also Ketut ! It’s important in one side, in order to preserve and maintain Balinese culture in the terms of naming babies – the family planning that mentions: “two (2)-children is better”, it should be added with “four (4)-children is the best”. So that, the names of Nyoman or Komang and Ketut would not disappear in the future. Ignorantly saying, I guess it’s a good idea fo